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(No Model.)

A. VESTER.

BRACELET.

No. 313,036. Patented Feb. 24, 1885.

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ilNiTED STATES PATENT EEicEG ADOLPH VESTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,036, dated February24, 1885.

Application tiled J'uue 17, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be'it known that I. ADoLPn VEsTER, of Providence, in the State of RhodeIsland, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Bracelets; andI do hereby declare that the following specification, taken inconnection with the drawings making a part of the same, is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

Figure l is a section of a bracelet which has for a part of its length,raised upon either side, an edge finish. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofsame.

My invention relates, more particularly, to liat wire bracelets theedges of which require finishing to conceal or remove the roughprotruding points ot" the wire; and it consists in attaching theretoshort sections of a hollow cylindrical tube inthe manner hereinafterdescribed.

In the manufacture of bracelets of this class much time and labor isexpended upon the edges, which after al1 cannot be made to present asatisfactory and finished appearance.

In my invention I leave the edges substantially as they come from themachine, and press the whole through suitable rollers to form neareither edge, upon both sides, longitudinal grooves or troughs a d d a,the grooves upon one side being opposite the grooves upon the other. Ithen take a hollow rod of suitable size ofsome elastic metal and cut itlengthwise upon one side, after which I cut it crosswise into shortsections b b b b. Ihese sections are easily sprung open sufficiently toadmit the thin portion of the bracelet, separating the grooves uponeither side, and thus slipped on, as shown in Figs. l and 2, entirelyconcealing the rough edges and forming a handsome tinish, which permitsthe bracelet to readily conform at all times to the shape of the wrist.The same principle can be carried out by leaving the side rods in acontinuous strip, although I prefer to cut into sections. as described,and thus secure greater pliability.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bracelet having a body formed of woven wires, and provided with shortsections of hollow wire placed over the edges thereof, substantially asset forth.

ADOLPH VESTER.

IITitnesses:

WALTER B. VINCENT, GHAnLEs II. TrrUs.

